ADVANCED in a Sentence

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The grammar guide falls between two stools - it's too difficult for a beginner but not detailed enough for an advanced student.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADVANCED
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advanced
 a.  improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  In a corner formed by two houses, of which one advanced more than the other, she seated herself down and cowered together.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
2  The willow-wren with his army also came flying through the air with such a humming, and whirring, and swarming that every one was uneasy and afraid, and on both sides they advanced against each other.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
3  When they had advanced about twenty yards, Danglars looked back and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting it into his pocket then rush out of the arbor towards Pillon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
4  He had advanced at first, but stopped at the sight of this display of force.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
5  de Villefort relieved all Dantes' apprehensions; he advanced calmly, and placed himself in the centre of the escort.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
6  They advanced towards a boat, which a custom-house officer held by a chain, near the quay.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
7  The jailer advanced; Dantes appeared not to perceive him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
8  The door closed, and Dantes advanced with outstretched hands until he touched the wall; he then sat down in the corner until his eyes became accustomed to the darkness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
9  As Villefort drew near, she advanced and stood before him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal.
10  advanced a step, and folded his arms over his chest as Napoleon would have done.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
11  They advanced fifty paces farther, and then stopped to open a door, then went forward again.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
12  Dantes rose, advanced a few steps, and, with a fervent prayer of gratitude, stretched himself on the granite, which seemed to him softer than down.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
13  Then he advanced; but before they could meet, the vessel again changed her course.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
14  An instant after, the boat, rowed by two men, advanced rapidly towards him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
15  He advanced towards the angle, and summoning all his resolution, attacked the ground with the pickaxe.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
16  Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
17  The top secret documents had to do with the most advanced military equipment.
18  The biologist advanced a new theory of life.
19  Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far.
20  A series of fortuitous circumstances advanced her career.
21  An old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face.
22  The grammar guide falls between two stools - it's too difficult for a beginner but not detailed enough for an advanced student.
23  Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression.
24  Reasoning by analogy, we can come to no other conclusion, unless their advent is anticipated by the arrival of ready-made colonists from the more advanced earth, like ourselves.
25  Though Jack was emotionally immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.
26  But, the fume gas control techniques of most of them are highly advanced, where dioxins emission is usually controlled within standard.
27  Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.
28  The regent carried out an advanced system in his country.
29  Jacques Cousteau's programs about sea life have advanced the cause of ichthyology.
30  That basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.